Beyond The Embrace

LINE-UP Shawn Gallagher - Throat, Keyboards Oscar Gouveia - Lead, Harmony, & Acoustic Guitars Jeff Saude - Rhythm & Harmony Guitars Alex Botelho - Rhythm, Harmony, & Acoustic Guitars Chris Parlon Bass Kevin Camille Drums BEYOND THE EMBRACE is a six piece metal outfit, hailing from New Bedford, Massachusetts. This band weaves aggression into melody, with catchy overtones, and enough twin guitar harmonies to ignite the soul. Stylistically, this band incorporates a vast collection of influences ranging from early bay-area thrash, to melodic death metal. Beginning in January 2000, vocalist Shawn Gallagher and lead guitarist Oscar Gouveia enlisted friends and former band-mates to spawn BEYOND THE EMBRACE. The band quickly broke into the local bar scene, and made an immediate impact with their rousing live performances (featuring a three guitar onslaught) and adrenaline fueled cover versions of classic songs such as, Iron Maiden's The Trooper. In mid 2001 the band came the attention of Metal Blade Records via a demo review in BRAVE WORDS & BLOODY KNUCKLES magazine. The stellar review led to contacting the group, a subsequent meeting/live showcase, and the final recording deal. BEYOND THE EMBRACE represents everything that the American metal audience is gravitating toward; true musicianship, melody fused with forceful delivery and most importantly, actual songs.

BEYOND THE EMBRACE's triple guitar fury is unmatched in the current crop of underground metal bands, with the bands philosophy being, "If we put it on the record, we have to be able to pull it off live" and they do. Vocalist Shawn Gallagher points out that while their love of current (Ever Grey, In Flames, Soilwork) and old school (Iron Maiden, Slayer, Megadeth) metal bands drives their creativity, he felt that no one band was giving him everything he needed as a fan, and therefore he and guitarist GOUVEIA created their version of what the perfect modern metal band should be. With an average of 23 years old, BEYOND THE EMBRACE composes and performs with the savvy of seasoned metal veterans. BEYOND THE EMBRACE open their debut with a resounding modern metal triumph with Bastard Screams. Bastard Screams is trademark BEYOND THE EMBRACE with swirling lead guitar work held into place by Gallaghers astonishing gruff melodic vocals. Standouts also include Release, Against The Elements and Morning In Magenta, all of which work at setting BEYOND THE EMBRACE apart from their contemporaries because of their undeniable hooks and the attention to arrangements that compliment the songs and the musicianship employed.